My Expertise
Urban microclimates; urban heat mitigation; climate-sensitive design; sustainable development
Keywords
Fields of Research (FoR)
Architecture, Architectural design, Architectural engineeringBiography
Lecturer in high-performance architecture in the School of Built Environment, FADA, UNSW, and course convener for MArch first-year design studios. Prior work includes sustainability roles in local government, director of own architectural practice for over ten years and sessional academic in architecture, sustainability and planning. PhD in architecture and urban microclimates. Interest in transdisciplinarity and knowledge transfer from...view more
Lecturer in high-performance architecture in the School of Built Environment, FADA, UNSW, and course convener for MArch first-year design studios. Prior work includes sustainability roles in local government, director of own architectural practice for over ten years and sessional academic in architecture, sustainability and planning. PhD in architecture and urban microclimates. Interest in transdisciplinarity and knowledge transfer from climate science to architectural design. Available for PhD supervision and collaborate research opportunities.
My Grants
Grant activity includes:
- currently working on ARC Linkage application (target 2023)
- 2022 ADA Seed Funding Grant award for competitive ARC Linkage grant development
- CRC Low Carbon Living: Guide to urban cooling strategies (UNSW RG162627, 2016)
- internal infrastructure (equipment) grant (UNSW Faculty of BE, 2015)
My Qualifications
- PhD (UNSW 2021)
- Master of Sustainability (Sydney University 2013)
- Bachelor (Master equivalent) of Architecture (WITS University, Johannesburg)
- Bachelor of Architectural Studies (WITS University, Johannesburg)
- Bachelor of Science (Engineering) (University of Cape Town).
My Research Activities
PhD in architecture and urban microclimate research with a focus on the effects of facade design on facade surface temperature and outdoor microclimate. Interest in transdisciplinarity and knowledge transfer between technical and constructivist epistemologies. Available for PhD supervision and collaborate research opportunities. Current research on pedestrian outdoor thermal comfort and the application of thermal judgement in architectural design.
My Research Supervision
Areas of supervision
Urban microclimates. Spatial and non-spatial (OLS) statistics. Urban micrometeorological observational studies. Outdoor thermal comfort. Sustainability and the built environment. Transdisciplinarity
Currently supervising
K. Daniel Yu (T1/2022 commencement): "Computationally assessing, optimising and designing-out heat for the urban environment". Joint supervisory role.
My Engagement
2018-2022
Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA), member of Resilience Expert Reference Panel.
2019
Panel member, Sustainable Suburbs: Designing Thermal Comfort, NSW Museum of Applied Art and Science (MAAS) event, 10 March 2019.
2018
ABC New Radio, Western Sydney’s urban heat island, podcast and web article, 1 March 2018. http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/the-signal/why-are-australian-cities-getting-so-hot/9494774
2017
Heat Mitigation project, Darwin, Northern Territory: Heat mitigation program: Darwin, Northern Territory (apo.org.au)
Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 10th and Saturday 11th February 2017, on-line and print article, on microclimate, thermal comfort and urban heat. http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/sydney-weather-how-urbanisation-creates-hot-microclimates-in-our-suburbs-20170209-gu9b02.html
2016 and earlier
The Conversation, 21 April 2016, “Building cool cities for a cool future”, on microclimate and urban heat mitigation. Co-author. https://theconversation.com/building-cool-cities-for-a-hot-future-57489
Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 20th and Saturday 21st November 2015, video and print article, on microclimate, thermal comfort and urban heat. http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/blowing-hot-or-cool-depends-on-where-youre-at-says-urban-microclimate-expert-20151120-gl3xa0.html
My Teaching
2021 education roles:
- ARCH1361 - Architecture and Building Environment 2: course co-convenor and lecturer (thermal comfort)
- ARCH7112 - Integrated Design Studio 1 (MArch, first year, term 2): course design, convenor and studio master
- ARCH7113 - Integrated Design Studio 2 (MArch, first year, term 3): course design, convenor and studio master
2019 education roles:
- BEIL6009 - Integrated Building Design (Sydney Opera House case study): course design, convenor and lecturer
- ARCH1361 - Architecture and Building Environment 2: course co-convenor and lecturer (thermal comfort)
- ARCH 7112 - Integrated Design Studio (Masters of Architecture, Year 1): course designer, convenor and studio Master
2018 education roles:
- ARCH1361 - Architecture and Building Environment 2: course co-convenor and lecturer (thermal comfort)
- ARCH7202 - Major Design Studio: course convenor
- ARCH7219 - Graduation Exhibition: course convenor
Contact
Follow
Publications
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7625-067X